Planning Committee
Raghavan Murugan, MD, MS Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Thomas R. Kleyman, MD Pittsburgh Center for Kidney Research-O’Brien Center, Renal-Electrolyte Division
Fadi G. Lakkis, MD Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery
Carlton Bates, MD UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Division of Nephrology

Faculty Listing
1. Carlton Bates, MD – University of Pittsburgh; Chief, Division of Nephrology; UPMC
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA
2. Azra Bihorac, MD, MS – University of Florida; Glen Davis Professor of Medicine,
Surgery and Anesthesiology, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology,
Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, Gainesville, FL
3. Sylvie Breton, PhD – Université Laval; Professor of Medicine, Canada Research Chair
in Epithelial Dynamics of Kidney and Reproductive Organs, Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Emeritus Professor, Harvard Medical School, Quebec City, Canada
4. Rebecca Burkhart – University of Pittsburgh; Executive administrator, Division of
Nephrology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
5. Aravind Cherukuri, MBBS, PhD, MRCP – University of Pittsburgh; Assistant Professor
of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division;
Pittsburgh, PA
6. Paul Duprex, PhD – University of Pittsburgh; Professor of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics, Director of the Center for Vaccine Research, Pittsburgh PA
7. Michele Elder, RN, BSN – University of Pittsburgh; Operations Manager, Center for
Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
8. Cassandra Formeck, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Department of Pediatrics,
Instructor of Pediatrics, Pittsburgh, PA
9. Dana Fuhrman, DO, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Assistant Professor of Critical Care
Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
10. David Huang, MD, MPH – University of Pittsburgh; Professor of Critical Care Medicine
and Emergency Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh PA
11. Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Professor of Pharmacy and
Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA
12. Nahmah Kim-Campbell, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Assistant Professor of
Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Critical Care Medicine,
Pittsburgh, PA
13. Thomas Kleyman, MD – University of Pittsburgh; Chief, Renal-Electrolyte Division,
Professor of Cell Biology, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology,
Pittsburgh, PA
14. Fadi Lakkis, MD – University of Pittsburgh; Frank and Athena Sarris Chair in
Transplantation Biology, Professor of Surgery, Immunology, and Medicine, Scientific
Director, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
15. Carmela Londino, MBA, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Department of Medicine,
Program Administrator, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Pittsburgh, PA
16. Brandon McLaughlin, BA – University of Pittsburgh, Department of Critical Care
Medicine, Academic Coordinator, Pittsburgh, PA
17. Raghavan Murugan, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Department of Critical Care
Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, and CRISMA Center, Professor of
Critical Care Medicine and Clinical & Translational Science Pittsburgh, PA
18. Karen Nieri, BA – University of Pittsburgh; Department of Critical Care Medicine,
Administrative Assistant, Pittsburgh, PA
19. Amy Nye, BS – University of Pittsburgh, Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute,
Executive Administrator, Pittsburgh, PA
20. Wendy O’Donnell, MSPR – University of Pittsburgh; Department of Critical Care
Medicine, Director of Communications, Pittsburgh, PA
21. Oladipupo Olafiranye, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor of
Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology,
Pittsburgh, PA
22. Paul Palevsky, MD – University of Pittsburgh; Professor of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte
Division, Chief, Renal Section VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA
23. Chethan Puttarajappa, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Assistant Professor of
Medicine, Department of Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Pittsburgh, PA
24. Sunder Sims-Lucas, PhD – University of Pittsburgh; Department of Pediatrics,
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pittsburgh, PA
25. Graham Snyder, MD, MS – University of Pittsburgh; Associate Professor of Medicine
and Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology, Department
of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Pittsburgh, PA
 

Faculty Disclosure
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity including members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.

The following relevant financial relationships were disclosed:
Azra Bihorac – Grant/Research Support: NIH
Sylvie Breton – Stockholder/Scientific Founder: Kantum Pharma
Sandra Kane-Gill – Grant/Research Support: NIH
Raghavan Murugan – Grant/Research Support: NIH, Consultant: Baxter
Paul Palevsky – Consultant: Janssen
Sunder Sims-Lucas – Grant/Research Support: NIH
Graham Snyder – Consultant: infectious diseases connect (UPMC entity)

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.